Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art

All right, I admit it. I bought this book to assuage my own parental guilt for never having come up with enough interesting or crafty projects to draw my children into the experience of making and appreciating how art is made. I expected a kind of kid-friendly glorified coloring book. Wrong. This is not really a book for children but for "artists of all ages". First of all, it is handsome to hold and beautifully designed. Relaxed but focused. Intelligent but not ponderous. Marion Deuchars is a talented artist with a divine sense of humour and wit. Let's Make some Great Art is really a course in Art Appreciation. You can go through it cover to cover as a lesson plan and you will find brilliant exercises to help hone your skills of perception - but these lessons subtly carry through to other disciplines as well. Or you can open it at random to any page and it will not disappoint. One of my favorites: EMPTY your pockets. Draw What Is In Them And Color Them In. (And if you need some tips to get you started, there is a wealth of info on tools and techniques as well - not to mention insights and factoids on great artists and works of art). The illustrations are delightful - even the one of the used tissue. What Deuchars teaches us is that Art tells us more about ourselves than anything else. I hope it will become a classroom staple for any teacher of art or otherwise - or any parent or caregiver, regardless of guilt-level. Buy it. For a budding artist or thinker - or anyone on the road to self-discovery. You will not regret. Oh and, Let's Make some Great Art requires no prior experience or penchant for art - it does not even require a drop of motivation. It will draw you in. Pun intended.

I homeschool my very busy and creative daughter. I, myself, am not terribly creative. Enter "Let's Make Some Great Art!" This book is full of wonderful ideas and great information. Some of it we will save for as she gets just a bit older (mostly to avoid frustration) - however there are plenty of things in here that a 6-year-old can easily do and enjoy. And who knows, she may surprise me with her artistic capabilities and want to try some of the stuff that I think is more difficult. We are well-stocked with all manner of art supplies, however I get stuck on doing the usual collages, painting, drawing - all good things, but not very exciting all the time. I am marking pages for some really fresh and fun-looking projects, like fingerprint art, creating a cubist portrait, drawing with an eraser, "cave paintings," and lots more. I can't wait to get started; my daughter will love it!

I got this for summer for a couple children. I was hesitant because of the price of the book plus the ink. Also children these days seem to be glued to electronics. Gosh, I'm so glad I bought this book. The 6 and 9 year old have been working non stop out of this book for 2 days now (I'm jealous)! They are so creative. Nothing but positive ideas flying out of their cute, little brains. The book has areas that you can make your own art in which is awesome. Excellent author and illustrations. Perfect as a gift or for your own little ones. I think I'm going to have to borrow the book. Too fun!

Nice book for art idea's, bought this for my wife. She was able to get a lot of idea's out of this book.

Really fun book if you're looking to get a little creative. I gifted this book to my little sister as she loves to draw, but I had a little fun with it myself. It has some really fun and simple drawing tasks, as well as some more advanced options. Lots of space to get creative and make some art! Works best with colored pencils as most markers will leak through the page. My sister is 11 but I am in my 20s and we both really enjoy this book!

This book is phenomenal. I took it over to our preschool to show the director, and all of the teachers went crazy with excitement. Within a few weeks they had all gotten the book and were using it in their classrooms (kids aged 2 years to 4 years). I would highly recommend this to any parent who is looking for creative ways to capture the growth of their children as measured by their unique fingerprints. It is also such an easy way to spend time together as a family doing something creative and fun. I am not one of those Pinterest Mom's. I can't just make up my own stuff whenever I feel like being creative. This book is a huge help!

This is a fantastic workbook as a companion for teaching homeschool art. My twin girls are too young yet, but I have used this with my niece and it is a great hands-on addition to the her art curriculum. We have some other fabulous age-appropriate books, some cartoon-based videos, art style replication with our art supplies, field-trips to our local museums and historical timelines. This provides the perfect little extra hands-on lesson we were missing. I like to keep most lessons as hands-on as possible because we are working with a literature-based curriculum and we do plenty of reading/listening.

I saw it at the Tate Britain in London when buying art supplies for my grandson but thought oh the weight in luggage so was delighted to find it on amazon. There are so many activities suggested by the book. I can tell we will be able to enjoy it for many years. Sometimes it is so helpful to have a spark of creativity at hand when doing art. Thanks to the compilers of this.

Llego en tiempo prometido

Este libro ha sido la gran elección del año. Lo he trabajado con mis alumnos en el rincón del arte de la clase y han estado muy motivados con las actividades propuestas. Innovación en toda regla para cambiar los rincones y actividades del aula.

I wish I knew more children to give this book as presents!! As someone who can't draw two straight lines, I found that this book was not only great for children, it also gave me a chance to try it out. I loved it. A definite MUST for Christmas. A great book indeed.

I bought this for the 8 yr old grand daughter of a friend. Her father said it kept her happily engaged in a drive from Canberra to Melbourne.

This book is so creative. If you need some ideas of art projects for your child, or even if you are an adult and just love to doodle, this book will have many inspiring ideas for you!